Scandal Hits Greek Tourism Agency

By

Alkman Granitsas and

Nektaria Stamouli

Updated Jan. 3, 2013 7:32 a.m. ET

ATHENS—A multimillion-dollar embezzlement case involving Greece's national tourism agency has dealt a new blow to the crisis-hit country's political establishment, which already is reeling from a scandal over its failure to go after wealthy suspected tax evaders.

Auditors in December were asked to examine what government officials say is a hole in the agency's books, after an incident involving an allegedly fraudulent check raised questions about possible corruption at the agency. The auditors have discovered a series of...